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$333 MILLION: Powerball offers up summertime richesNews Story
Cash value powers to 11th-largest of all time By Todd Northrop This month it's not just the weather and backyard barbecue that've been hot Lottery jackpots also continue to sizzle. After a long string of Mega Millions rollovers that culminated in a $540 million Indiana winner, Powerball has taken center stage with a massive jackpot that rolled over again last night. The new high-water mark of $333 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were so
Jul 14, 2016, 11:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

$311 MILLION: Here comes PowerballNews Story
By Todd Northrop July continues to be an exciting month for lottery fans dreaming of mega jackpot dollars. No sooner was Friday's $540 million Mega Millions jackpot won than Powerball became perfectly positioned to take the spotlight with a big rollover Saturday night. After nobody won Powerball's $288 million jackpot Saturday, the new jackpot for Wednesday, July 13 was estimated at $311 million. More exciting is the lump-sum cash value of $221.4 million, which is the 16th-largest in
Jul 10, 2016, 9:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

$390 MILLION: Huge Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs tonightNews Story
8th-largest cash value jackpot in U.S. history By Todd Northrop After an astounding 31 drawings without a grand prize winner, Mega Millions features an enormous jackpot promising multi-generational wealth to a ticketholder with enough luck to overcome the 1 in 259 million odds stacked against them. In the Friday night Mega Millions drawing no player won the top prize, increasing the jackpot estimate for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing to $390 million, with a lump-sum cash option o
Jun 28, 2016, 9:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

$333 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot continues climbNews Story
Largest Mega Millions jackpot in more than 2 years By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued its months-long climb Friday night, and is now at the point where jackpot rolls are sharply increased. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $333 million the 21st-largest in U.S. lottery history and the largest since a $414 million Mega Millions jackpot was split between two tickets from Florida and Maryland on Mar
Jun 19, 2016, 1:07 pm - Todd - Lottery News

British Columbia Lottery wants to upgrade computerized drawing systemNews Story
By Todd Northrop Canada's British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) in order to expand and improve its ability to conduct computerized lottery drawings. While the lottery may view a new computerized drawing system as a step-up for the organization, lottery players may feel differently. In the United States, computerized drawings are the basis for the biggest scandal to ever rock the lottery industry. According to the RFI, the British Columbia
May 6, 2016, 10:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

$415 MILLION: Powerball jackpot surges on rolloverNews Story
7th-largest cash value in history By Todd Northrop Ready to start dreaming about dollar signs again? Just four months after people from every country went into frenzy trying to find creative ways to buy tickets for the biggest jackpot the world had ever seen, Powerball is back with another top-10 jackpot that can deliver multi-generational wealth. After nobody won Wednesday's advertised $348 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $415 million for Saturday'
May 5, 2016, 8:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

$348 MILLION: April misses bring May richesNews Story
Powerball making another run at the record? By Todd Northrop This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, featuring a jackpot that will tempt a lot of people to take a chance at unimaginable wealth. The new high-water mark of $348 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night's $314 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $226.1 million the 12th-largest ever recorded in Unite
May 1, 2016, 9:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

How a group of MIT students gamed the Massachusetts LotteryNews Story
Even within a university as famously offbeat as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Random Hall has a reputation for being a little quirky. According to campus legend, the students who first lived there in 1968 wanted to call the dorm Random House until the publishing house with that same name sent them a letter to object. The individual floors have names, too. One is called Destiny, a result of its cash-strapped inhabitants selling the naming rights on eBay; the winning bid was $36 from
Feb 23, 2016, 1:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.5 BILLION: Wednesday Powerball record jackpot still risingNews Story
Cash value nearly $1 billion By Todd Northrop Is there anything happening this week that isn't Powerball? Apparently not, because it seems that everyone in the US is buying Powerball tickets at a frantic pace, forcing officials at the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) to once again raise the Wednesday Powerball jackpot estimate by another $100 million to $1.5 billion. The cash value of the jackpot is now raised to $930 million. By the time the drawing rolls around Wednesday nigh
Jan 12, 2016, 11:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich to answer lottery player questions live Monday eveningNews Story
Lottery Post will host event at 8pm EST By Todd Northrop Lottery players from across the United States and around the world will have the chance Monday evening to ask questions about the Eddie Tipton computerized drawing rigging scandal to Terry Rich, Iowa Lottery CEO, who was instrumental in discovering the crime. In December 2010 a Hot Lotto jackpot worth $16 million was won on a ticket purchased in Iowa. One year later, with just two hours to spare before the ticket was to expire, a
Jan 11, 2016, 10:39 am - Todd - Lottery News